The news today has been full of the scenes of riot police and bottle-throwing fans at the UEFA Cup final in Manchester between Rangers and Zenit St Petersburg, and the news that a Russian fan was stabbed. It seems to have wrecked what was looking to be a great final.
While police have said it was only [...]
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Manchester United and Chelsea have unveiled their kits for the Champions League final:
I have to ask the question: do fans actually pay for a one-off, special edition commemorative shirt? If I was a Chelsea or Man Utd fan, I’m not sure I would spend near on £40 for a shirt that is either the same [...]
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In a rare display of generosity from a footballer, Birmingham City midfielder Olivier Kapo gifted his £30,000 Mercedes to his teenage boot boy. James McPike (pictured), a 17-year-old trainee on City’s books, was reportedly stunned when Kapo threw him the keys. Boot boys can usually expect an old pair of boots from the professional to [...]
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Western Oregon Sara Tucholsky hit her first career home run with the help from Central Washington. She wrecked her knee running back to 1st as she missed it initially. The Umpire ruled that if she didn’t run the bases by herself, the home run wouldn’t count. If her teammates touched her, it would be void.
The [...]
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Some of my young people were raving about West Ham’s new away kit last night, so I thought I would research it and find out why they are so impressed. Here it is:
It’s nice, I like the largely baby blue, and it combines a classic look with hte more modern motif on the back. I [...]
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As I predicted Manchester United won the Premier League. They managed a 2-0 win over Wigan on Sunday. Following this Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United will go bouncing into the Champions League final. I’m not convinced that he is right on this. Winning the title is infectious, but then Chelsea did beat Manchester United [...]
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The last weekend of the Premiership was exciting and included some big heroes and some big villains.
Heroes included:
Danny Murphy Scored that incredibly important goal against Portsmouth that kept Fulham in the Premier League.
Ryan Giggs Won up his tenth Premier League winners’ medal with a goal in his record-equalling (Sir Bobby Charlton) 758th Manchester United appearance.
Birmingham [...]
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Here are some sports news stories of interest from the last few days:
Bellamy plans academy in Africa - West Ham striker Craig Bellamy seems to be losing the bad boy tag and has announced he plans to build a football academy in Sierra Leone to try to help develop the country’s young talent.
Bopara turns down big [...]
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It is well and truly crunch time. After a season full of ups and downs it has all come down to the last match of the season. By 5pm on Sunday we will know the identity of the 2007-08 Premier League champions. The question is, who do you think it will be? Manchester United have [...]
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In complete contrast with the previous posting, here is another awesome goal. This time scored by Montgomery Town keeper Steve Goodwin. Thanks to the wonders of mobile phone technology and YouTube the goal was captured and is now available for all to see. Goodwin took a free-kick from the edge of his own penalty area [...]
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